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Some of you know that I’m not a big fan of my new Vista PC and it turns out neither is Nicholas Negroponte, although he actually had a stab at all tech firms in his keynote speech over breakfast.  Not a complete version of his speech, here’s the meat of what he had to say…

Some of you know that I’m not a big fan of my new Vista PC and it turns out neither is Nicholas Negroponte, although he actually had a stab at all tech firms in his keynote speech over breakfast.  Not a complete version of his speech, here’s the meat of what he had to say…

Some of you know that I’m not a big fan of my new Vista PC and it turns out neither is Nicholas Negroponte, although he actually had a stab at all tech firms in his keynote speech over breakfast.  Not a complete version of his speech, here’s the meat of what he had to say…

The conference I presented at last week in Barcelona focused upon future banking, and we had an audience of international bank managers from around the world.  The conference organiser gave me the opportunity to ask some questions of the audience.  You know the sort of thing, where you have those nice voting buttons arranged around the…

I’m confused. Microsoft is shipping a new version of BizTalk Server 2006 late in 2007? How retro. Microsoft did not change any features in the shipping release since the last beta, says Steve Martin, the company’s director of connected systems product management. "We hardened some of the functionality. The last major version of the product…

The WSJ got hold of a copy of Greenspan’s new book, due out Monday. Sounds a little mixed. The Ayn Rand devotee who played a partisan game in supporting skewed tax cuts by Bush, criticizes the Republicans for losing their one-time small government focus. One interesting point from being close to presidents – it seems…

Whew. Knew there was some reason I pay good money for my Journal subscription. Or subscriptions. When I called to complain about getting two copies a day they took action. Today I got three.   Anyway, some secret shoppers from Sandler O’Neill & Partners came up with exciting finds, like a BoA sales rep making…

Whew. Knew there was some reason I pay good money for my Journal subscription. Or subscriptions. When I called to complain about getting two copies a day they took action. Today I got three.   Anyway, some secret shoppers from Sandler O’Neill & Partners came up with exciting finds, like a BoA sales rep making…

High Performance Computing on Wall Street has been running for a couple of years now, but interest seems at an all-time high this year. Today I have talked to IBM, Cisco and, on a related matter, Platform Computing. One common theme, which I will elaborate on Monday since some of this is embargoed, is that…

The Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) and the Midrange Alliance Program (MAP) will host a meeting on legacy modernization at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on 9 October. The meeting will provide an opportunity to learn more about Microsoft’s plans regarding legacy modernization and offer an opportunity for attendees to…